Cinnamon : Its consumption facilitates digestionIts digestion

Food supplements containing cinnamon extract facilitate digestion and improve digestive comfort. The effects are felt within hours of taking the supplements.

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This plant has been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine mainly for its strengthening
action and its benefits on the digestive tract, particularly at stomach and intestinal level. But cinnamon is also one of those spices with significant antioxidant properties, thanks to its pro-anthocyanidin content. Due to its composition, it also helps to reduce blood sugar levels after a meal, as well as cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Its gourmand and comforting smell makes cinnamon one of the most used spices in the world. Cinnamon is a spice produced from the bark of the cinnamon tree. Ceylon cinnamon bark is full of health-promoting elements. Fibre is essential for good health, as it promotes good digestion and transit, and also maintains the intestinal flora through its prebiotic role (intestinal microbiota), which is essential for our immune system, our metabolism, and the elimination of waste and toxins. If it is as a culinary spice that cinnamon
has conquered the world, its health benefits and particularly its digestive benefits have also largely contributed to its success. Indeed, for a long time, men consumed a lot of spices simply to camouflage the extremely strong taste of meat that was too tasty or even rancid. But by cooking with a lot of cinnamon, they also realised that it greatly facilitated their digestion. Thanks to its unique composition, cinnamon is recommended for: its very powerful antioxidant power, its anti-inflammatory action, reduction of inflammatory phenomena by the action of one of its phenolic compounds, Cinna aldehyde. Indeed, cinnamon is a spice known worldwide for its beneficial properties, it is a major element of various ancestral medicines. It is also widely used in Chinese medicine (energising, stimulating, back pain). In the West, it is used as an invigorating and stimulating panacea. Cinnamon contains coumarin, a natural organic substance that can cause liver damage in sensitive individuals,
especially when consumed in high doses. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) sets the daily intake of coumarin at 0.1 mg per kg body weight. It should be noted that Ceylon cinnamon contains coumarin in much lower proportions than Chinese cinnamon.
This is why it is advisable to be vigilant and to give preference to Ceylon cinnamon. Furthermore,
cinnamon essential oil must be used with caution. It is advisable to limit applications to the skin and to control the doses taken orally. Also when diffused, cinnamon essential oil can attack the skin and mucous membranes. Food supplements Food supplements containing cinnamon
extract facilitate digestion and improve digestive comfort. The effects are felt within hours of taking the supplements. Cinnamon
is mainly available in stick or powder form. It is then mainly used as a spice for both sweet and savoury dishes. Moreover, it is found in many prepared products, such as biscuits or chewing gum. The virtues of cinnamon are also used in aromatherapy through essential oils. Cinnamon can also be found in capsules and tablets as the main ingredient in food supplements. Cinnamon essential
oils are not recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding women and children. Food supplements
based on cinnamon extract are for adults only.